CVE-2018-5167

critical

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

9.5

Description

The web console and JavaScript debugger do not sanitize all output that can be hyperlinked. Both will display "chrome:" links as active, clickable hyperlinks in their output. Web sites should not be able to directly link to internal chrome pages. Additionally, the JavaScript debugger will display "javascript:" links, which users could be tricked into clicking by malicious sites. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 60.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5167

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-10

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`60.0-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`60.0-1`

References

https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201805-10
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5167

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.